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Dials ALT text?
Hello Community! We are building some accessible interactions - and one of them uses dials to open a padlock. In our QA testing - no matter what we add in the alt text for the dial, the screen ...
Plus the fact that is calls it a 'Slider' which is incorrect....
The slider part is actually ok. It is how screen readers identify this kind of input type. As there is technically no such thing as a dial component in HTML, the input type=range is used, which by default displays as a slider component. The visual appearance is changed to look like a dial. In terms of accessibility, it identifying as a slider is fine as it indicates to screen reader users how it can be operated.
Thanks SamHill That is good to know as that was one of our QA testers comments as well... At least I have an explanation for the behaviour!
